Sunflowers. As far as the eye can see. One couples love story leads them to a field of flowers.
一望无际的向日葵。一对情侣的爱情故事,指引他们来到了一片花圃。
Lee Wilson decided to farm a different kind of crop than he usually does this season, for a very special reason.
由于一个非常特殊的原因,李·威尔逊决定在这个季节种植一种与众不同的作物。
"We're celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary august 10th and you know what's a guy get his gal for the 50th?
“8月10日,我们会庆祝我们的结婚50周年纪念日,你知道一个男人会给他的女人送什么礼物吗?
And I put a lot of thought into it and she always liked sunflowers.
我真的思考了很久,她一直都很喜欢向日葵。
And I thought this is the year to plant sunflowers so I planted her 80 acres of sunflower."
我想今年那就种向日葵吧,所以我就给她种了80英亩的向日葵。”
Just how many sunflowers is that exactly?
那到底有多少株向日葵呢?
"There's about 1.2 million flowers in this field."
“这片田地上大约种有120万株。”
That's 15,000 flowers per acre.
也就是每英亩有15000株。
Lee planted the field back in May secretly with the help of his son so his wife Renee would be surprised.
今年5月,李在儿子的帮助下,秘密地开始在这片土地上种花,这样他的妻子蕾妮到时就会大吃一惊。
"It made me feel very special. It couldn't have been a more perfect anniversary gift than a field of sunflowers."
“这让我觉得太特别了。再没有比一畦向日葵更完美的周年纪念礼物了。”
The pair has been together almost their entire lives.
这对夫妇几乎一辈子都生活在一起。
The new Pratt sunflower field has drawn in people from all over Kansas to take pictures and experience the state flower in full bloom.
而这片位于普拉特县的新向日葵田地,吸引了来自堪萨斯州各地的人们前来拍照,感受这一盛开的州花。